Favorite Movement From Bruckner Symphony

[Philidor]

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[Balthazar]

It may sound odd to an expert like Mirror Image, but I've always been fascinated by this movement:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ4c8hRYwKY"]Bruckner 5 Scherzo pt. 1[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yegIHFm2xwM&NR=1"]Bruckner 5 Scherzo pt. 2[/ame]

The musical mood swings in this movement are just diabolical. The ominous treatment of the material and its delicate doppelganger wind around each other like a double-helix.

[Mirror Image]

Originally Posted by Balthazar

It may sound odd to an expert like Mirror Image, but I've always been fascinated by this movement:
Bruckner 5 Scherzo pt. 1
Bruckner 5 Scherzo pt. 2

The musical mood swings in this movement are just diabolical. The ominous treatment of the material and its delicate doppelganger wind around each other like a double-helix.

Why would I think it would sound odd that you like this movement? I like it too. I'm not a Bruckner expert by any stretch of the word. I still have a lot to learn about him. Right now, I'm trying to learn more about the different versions or "editions" of his symphonies (i. e. Haas, Nowak). Since Bruckner revised his symphonies so much, he could never decide which versions of his symphonies he liked the best, so that's why there exists several different versions of many of his symphonies.

[Aran]

5th Finale

[Quijote]

I suppose if I were forced to 'play the game' I would also say 5th finale, and add : 8th first movement (with slight preference for Haas as opposed to the Nowak edition), 9th first movement.